UPSC conducts the Civil Services Exam in three stages, namely prelims, mains and personality test/interview. Prelims and Mains are the stages which have General Studies papers. In Prelims, the papers are General Studies Paper I and General Studies pa...See more
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General Studies is covered more extensively in the IAS Mains exam. Out of a total of 9 papers, 4 are termed General Studies while the Essay paper is loosely related to General studies as topics are selected from random subjects in this paper.
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